HP Unveils AI Software and Hardware at Imagine 2026

HP Inc. unveiled a suite of AI-driven software and hardware innovations at its HP Imagine 2026 event in New York City on Tuesday, March 24, aimed at enhancing workplace productivity, device management, and security for enterprise users.

The centerpiece of the announcements was HP IQ, an on-device AI platform designed to run locally on HP's commercial PCs without relying on cloud processing, addressing concerns over data privacy and latency in business environments. Built on a 20-billion-parameter model, HP IQ enables workers to perform complex tasks offline, such as analyzing documents or summarizing meetings, while offloading to the cloud only when permitted by enterprise policies. Initial features include Ask IQ for text and voice queries, Analyze for generating insights from personal files like PDFs and PowerPoints, Notes and Knowledge for organizing interactions, and Meeting Agent for capturing ideas during calls. Additional capabilities are slated for later this year.

HP IQ integrates with a new user interface called Visor, which appears as a contextual bar at the top of the screen and adapts to user activities before fading away. It also incorporates NearSense, a...